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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3546/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Nordisk Films.
John Hartford 'Jack' Hoxie (1885–1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and rarely strayed from the genre.
John Hartford 'Jack' Hoxie was born in 1885 in Kingfisher Creek in the Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). Hoxie was the son of a veterinarian father, Bart 'Doc' Hoxie, and a half–Nez Perce mother (some reports list her as Cherokee), Matilda E. Hoxie (née Quick). Bart was killed in a horse accident just weeks before Jack's birth. After his father's death he and his mother moved to Northern Idaho where, at an early age, Jack became a working cowboy and ranch hand. Matilda married a rancher and horse trader named Calvin Scott Stone. The family then relocated to Boise, where Jack worked as a packer for a US Army fort in the area, continuing to hone his skill as a horseback rider while competing in rodeos. In 1905, the 20-years-old Jack married Pearl Gage. The marriage lasted only a few months before the couple divorced. In 1909 he met performer Dick Stanley and joined his Wild West show. He performed as bronc rider in the show. It was during this period that Jack met and married his second wife, Hazel Panting, who was a Western trick rider with the outfit. According to IMDb, he had his first film role in the Western Ridin' Romance (James Young Deer, 1910) for Pathé Exchange. However, it remained for years a one-off role. Hoxie continued to tour with circuit rodeos until 1913. Then he was approached to perform in the short Western The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine, produced by Kalem. This time his acting was the start of a continuous, highly prolific career. Now billing himself as Hart Hoxie (a moniker he would use until 1919), he would continue working through the 1910s in popular Western shorts, often in small but well-received roles. First, he did in 1913-1914 a series of Western shorts at Kalem's Glendale premises in California, which were often directed by J.P. McGowan. Initially, Hoxie was the star, but his female co-actor Helen Holmes gradually increased her prominence. In 1914-1915 Hoxie became a supporting actor in Holmes's serial The Hazards of Helen. After Kalem, Hoxie worked in 1915-1916 at Bison (part of Universal) and Universal itself, returning to Kalem in 1916 for various supporting parts in the Western thriller series The Girl from Frisco, starring Marin Sais. Afterward, various Kalem films followed.
In 1918 Jack Hoxie had his first starring role in a feature, in the Universal production The Wolf and His Mate by Edward LeSaint. LeSaint also gave him first billing in Nobody's Wife. In these films Hoxie started to use his name Jack Hoxie, (as vintage posters show, but Wikipedia and IMDb deny). In 1919, after appearing in approximately 35 films, he was cast in the starring role in the Paul Hurst-directed Lightning Bryce serials as the main character, Sky Bryce. It was during this time that he met and married his third wife, actress and frequent co-star Marin Sais, after his divorce from Hazel Panting. Although he rarely strayed from the Western film genre, several notable exceptions include his role as Perrone in the historical drama The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), starring Anna Pavlova; a role in the epic drama film Joan the Woman (Cecil B. DeMille, 1916). starring Geraldine Farrar; and his role as Sandusky in the drama Nan of Music Mountain (1917), starring Wallace Reid and Ann Little. Through the early 1920s, JHoxie became an extremely popular Western star and worked for such film companies as Ben Wilson Productions (distributed by Arrow Film) and Sunset Pictures. In 1923 Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle put Hoxie under contract and soon his career was on par with that of other Western stars of the era: Art Acord, Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson. Hoxie appeared in such high-profile films as Where Is This West? (1923) with newcomer Mary Philbin and Universal's promotional film Hello, 'Frisco (1924), alongside such popular actors of the era as Jackie Coogan, Norman Kerry, Barbara La Marr, Antonio Moreno, Anna Q. Nilsson, Bebe Daniels, and Rin Tin Tin. The film was designed to showcase Universal's roster of its most popular actors. Hoxie, often atop his horses Fender and Dynamite, would star alongside such actresses as Marceline Day, Alice Day, Helen Holmes, Louise Lovely, Lottie Pickford, and Fay Wray in Westerns throughout the silent era. Also, during this period, Jack's younger half-brother Al Stone began to appear with him in films. Al would eventually become a successful actor in the Western genre after changing his name to Al Hoxie and appearing in a series of films by actor/director J.P. McGowan.
In 1926 Laemmle and Universal chose Jack Hoxie to star as Buffalo Bill Cody in Metropolitan Pictures' The Last Frontier, co-starring William Boyd. The film would prove enormously successful. In 1927, however, Hoxie became dissatisfied with his contract at Universal and refused to renegotiate for another stint at the studio. He would continue throughout the late 1920s making films with lower-rank film studios. He made his last silent film, Forbidden Trail, in 1929 before pursuing further work in circuit rodeos, carnivals, and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show. During the 1930s Hoxie made a brief comeback in films after signing a contract with low-budget studio Majestic Pictures. The films, however, did little to revive his acting career and he once again hit the rodeo circuit. His last film appearance would be in 1933's Trouble Busters with Lane Chandler, who had appeared alongside Hoxie in a number of earlier films. Hoxie eventually divorced and married his fourth wife, Dixie Starr. The couple briefly operated the Broken Arrow Ranch, a dude ranch in Hereford, Arizona. After a fire consumed the ranch, Hoxie returned to Wild West shows, often billed as the "Famous Western Screen Star". Hoxie performed throughout the 1940s and well into the 1950s before finally making his last public appearance as a performer in 1959 for the Bill Tatum Circus. Hoxie divorced Starr and married his fifth wife, Bonnie Avis Showalter, and the couple retired to a small ranch in Arkansas, then later moved to his mother Matilda's old homestead in Oklahoma. In his later years, Hoxie developed leukemia, and he died March 28, 1965, in Elkhart, Kansas, at the age of 80. He was interred at the Willowbar Cemetery in Keyes, Oklahoma with the epitaph "A Star in Life - A Star in Heaven".
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Jack & Sons, Paphos LBQ970 is an Alexander bodied Leyland Olympian that was new to London Buses (Leaside) as J339BSH, fleet number L339. It's now used as a private hire vehicle for wedding transport in and around Paphos.
My first time experimenting with some background fairy-lights. Got some nice shots but this is probably my favourite as it captures the serenity in between the chaos. :p
"Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. The killings took place within a mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the City of London proper. Perhaps this might be one of the streets where the killing took place.
Another drink still-life, perfect for those lazy days. I used an sb 600 (though I suppose any speedlight, studio strobe or clamp lamp will do) coupled with an umbrella and a 5-1 reflector/diffuser for diffused backlight. And I used 2 foamcore boards to the side (for some reason?)
Texas Jack / Heft-Reihe
Das letzte Opfer des grossen Sterns
Wildwestroman
Verlagshaus fĂĽr Volksliteratur
(Berlin/Deutschland; 1906-1911)
ex libris MTP
My son had fun creating his own Jack Skellington from a plain white pumpkin. Yes he is crafty just like his mom. :}
Un fabbro irlandese di nome Jack, un ubriacone taccagno, ebbe la sventura di incontrare il Diavolo in un pub, alcuni dicono nella notte di Halloween. Jack aveva bevuto troppo e stava per cadere nelle mani del Diavolo, quando riuscì ad imbrogliarlo offrendo la sua anima al Diavolo in cambio di un'ultima bevuta. Il Diavolo si trasformò in una moneta da sei pence per pagare l'oste e Jack riuscì velocemente a mettersi quella moneta nel borsellino. Poiché Jack teneva lì anche una croce d'argento, il Diavolo non poteva tornare alla sua forma originaria. Jack lasciò andare via il Diavolo solo a patto che questi gli promettesse di non reclamare la sua anima per i successivi 10 anni. Il Diavolo accettò.
Dieci anni dopo Jack lo incontrò di nuovo mentre camminava lungo una strada di campagna. Il Diavolo era tornato per la sua anima, ma Jack, riflettendo velocemente, gli disse: "Verrò, ma prima potresti prendermi una mela da quell'albero?". Il Diavolo, pensando di non aver nulla da temere, balzo sulle spalle di Jack per prendere la mela. Jack tirò fuori un coltello e intagliò una croce sul tronco dell'albero. Questo lasciò il Diavolo a mezz'aria, incapace di raggiungere Jack o la sua anima. Jack gli fece promettere di non tornare mai più per reclamare la sua anima e, non vedendo via d'uscita, il Diavolo acconsentì. Nessuno tramanda come il Diavolo riuscisse a tornare di nuovo a terra!
Quando alla fine Jack morì, anni dopo, non fu ammesso in cielo, a causa della sua vita dissoluta, da ubriacone e truffatore. Così si recò all'entrata dell'inferno, ma il Diavolo lo rimandò indietro perché aveva promesso di non prendere mai l'anima di Jack. "Ma dove posso andare?", chiese Jack. "Torna da dove sei venuto!", gli rispose il Diavolo. Ma la strada del ritorno era buia e ventosa. Jack implorò il Diavolo di dargli almeno una luce per trovare la giusta via e il Diavolo, spazientito, gli gettò un carbone ardente che proveniva dalle fiamme dell'inferno. Per illuminare il cammino e per non farlo spegnere dal vento, Jack lo mise in una rapa che stava mangiando. Da allora Jack fu condannato a vagare nell'oscurità con la sua lanterna, fino al Giorno del Giudizio. Jack della lanterna (Jack o'Lantern) da allora fu il simbolo delle anime dannate.
Earlier this week the city honored comics artist and writer unveiled on Monday. If you're unfamiliar with his work Kirby created or co-created characters such as Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, The Hulk, Thor, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four among many others.
Jack Frost has been painting intricate designs on my window panes during an all time low of near -40° (equal on both F and C scales) in Montreal today.
The (radial blurred) halo around the frost trees is a reflection of a ring flash bouncing off the window pane at night.
Front Blunt at Lincoln-Sudbury ledges. Used one neewer tt560 to the left side of jack, triggered by yongnuo rf603c.
Taken for Our Daily Challenge
From your childhood is the topic for 9-7-10
The Jack's I had as a child were metal, could spin for a long time, and hurt when stepped on. They just don't make things like they used too.
This is the December photo for the 2019 "Home Video Horrors" Cult VHS Calendar.
Featured in this month is the VHS box for Jack Frost (1997).
Learn more about this project @ www.homevideohorrors.com